Improvement in pocket lamp-stoves



"T. w. HoucHnN. VPacket'Lamp-Stove. No. 162,924. Patentedmaymazfs.

IJVVENTOR THE GRAPHIC l(KLPNDT HTH-39 5:4! PARK PLACEJLY.

THOMAS HOUGHIN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN POCKET LAMPSTOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,92d, dated May 4,1875; application filed April 20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS W. HoUcHrN, of NewYork, N. Y., have invented an Improved Cooking Apparatus, which I call aPocket Cook-Stove 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a fulland correct description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the apparatuspacked in a box ready for transportation, the cover of the box beingremoved to show the arrangement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of theapparatus set up ready for use. Fig.3is a perspective view of thelamp-stand. Fig. 4L is a vertical central section of the lamp withoutlining. Fig. 5 is a vertical central section of the lamp, showing twokinds ot' lining. Fig. Gis a separate view of the scroll.

The same part is indicated by the same letter of reference wherever itoccurs in the draw- My invention relates to improvements in theconstruction of a small cooking apparatus or pocket cook-stove, intendedfor the use of travelers, and as a convenience in the nursery orsick-room, or wherever it may be desirable to prepare` expeditiously andneatly i a small quantity of cooked food. It consists of a metalliclamp, lined with cotton-wool placed beneath a layer of asbestus, andcovered with steel wire-gauze, and having an airchamber at bottom toprotect the table on which it may rest from injury by heat, the lampbeing held in a stand provided with uprights, which receive and supportthe legs of a gridiron, which may, when desired, support a small boiler,the various parts of the apparatus being so proportioned and adapted toeach other that they canl be neatly and compactly arranged in a smallbox suitable for packing in an ordinary traveling-bag or hand-sack. Y

In the drawing, L marks the lamp, which is made of metal, lined withcotton-wool covered vwith a layer of asbestus. The upper opening iscovered with steel wire-gauze, W, having a slight depression in themiddle to facilitate the introduction of alcohol. In the lampchamber(see Fig. 5) I pack a quant-ity ot' cotton-wool, D, in the middle ofwhich, and under the depression in the wire-gauze, I pla-ce a metallicscroll, E,(shown separately in Fig. 6,)

the object of which is to prevent the cottonwool from being so muchcompressed at that point, in order that the alcohol may more readilyenter it. Over the cotton D I place a layer of asbestus, J, which liesdirectly underneath the wire-gauze, and protects the cotton from theaction of the flame. Instead of the asbestus I sometimes use a porousfire-proof cement, F, as shown in Fig. 5. A lid, C, covers the gauzewhen the lamp is not in use. The metallic bottom b of the lamp is placeda short distance above a false bottom, p, of pasteboard, leaving anair-space, a. between, to serve as a non-conductor to prevent injuryfrom heat to any article of furniture on which the lamp may be placed.The pasteboard bottom is securely held in place by turningA over theedge of the metal upon its perimeter. The lamp rests in a triangularstand, S, having three uprights, a, provided with sockets iu their upperends, which receive the lower ends of the legs lof a square gridiron, G,which, when thus supported, is directly over thelam p, as shown in Fig.2. A boiler, B, equal in diameter to the side of the gridiron, is, whenrequired, supported upon it. This boiler is provided with two foldingwire handles, H, which are curved to correspond with the shape of theboiler, and can either be folded against its sides or be opened out toform a secure and convenient handle. Io pack the apparatus I use a box,A, four inches square and an inch and a half deep, provided with asuitable cover. In this the boiler, with its handles folded against itssides, is First placed. The stand S is placed in the boiler, and thelamp L set upon it. Lastly, the gridiron, with its legs l alternatingwith the uprights u of the stand, is laid on top of all and the cover ofthe box put on, when the apparatus is ready for transportation.

I claim- I 1. A pocket-stove consisting of the stand S, lamp L, gridironGr, and boiler B, all constructed and combined in the manner'aud for thepurpose set forth.

2. In the lamp ot' a pocket-stove, the false bottom p and air-space a,for thepurpose specified.

3. In a pocket-stove, the triangular stand S, having the uprights a,provided with sock- The above specification of my said invention signedand witnessed, at Washington, this 13th day of February, A. D. 1875.

THOS. W. HOOHIN.

Witnesses:

W. P. BELL, OHAs. F. STANSBURY.

